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North Bay town particularly generous, according to IRS
By Jason Walsh
A small bayside village in the North Bay known as much for funky artists and oyster farming as it is for million-dollar real estate is among the most charitable towns in the state, according to federal tax data.
that were a trio of Silicon Valley ZIPs: Palo Alto’s 94301, where residents donated 17.1%; Palo Alto’s 94304, where people gave 12.9%; and Mountain View ZIP code 94041, which donated 8.78% Marin County ranks higher
than average when it comes to generosity, according to federal government data. Other Marin areas ranking on the list include charitable donation figures of 2.74% of adjusted gross income in Greenbrae; 2.64% in Belvedere and Tiburon; 2.59% in Point
Inverness residents in the 94937 ZIP code gave away 8.64% of their adjusted gross income to charity last year— the fifth highest in California. Inverness is an unincorporated town of about 1,400 people on 7 square miles on the west
Reyes Station; 2.51% in the 94901 ZIP code of San Rafael; 2.36% in Sausalito; 2.14% in Mill Valley; and 2.01% in Larkspur. Statewide, Californians gave 1.67% of their adjusted gross income to charity, the IRS reported. To calculate the average donation per tax return, one divides the total amount claimed through charitable donation tax
short of Tomales Bay. The average household income was $103,522 at the time of the 2020 census. Details on more than 1,400 California
ZIP codes reported by the Internal Revenue Service show that the most generous Californians live in Silicon Valley, Marin and other northern California communities. Besting Inverness were a top four beginning with San Francisco’s 94104 neighborhood (17.64%), which encompasses the many corporate donors in the city’s Financial District. Following
A tiny town with big generosity, Inverness is located along the west shore of Tomales Bay.
deductions in each ZIP code by the number of tax returns filed—meaning a small number of very large donations can greatly affect a code’s overall average.
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